Let them go to war
FORMER BDF COMMANDERS SUPPORT DEPLOYMENT TO MOZAMBIQUE “ISIL will fight back and possibly even attack us on home ground,” Mokgware
Botswana Defence Force Commander of Ground Forces, (Rtd) Major General Pius Mokgware, has expressed strong support for the government’s decision to deploy BDF troops to Mozambique to fight terrorism.
Speaking on the backdrop of an announcement by President Mokgweetsi Masisi last week that Botswana, like other SADC countries, will be sending troops to fight ISIL insurgents, Mokgware said the decision is in the best interest of the country.
The announcement to deploy was made by president Masisi upon his return from assessing the situation in Mozambique after ISIL fighters laid siege of a hotel and killed scores of civilians, 12 of whom they beheaded.